Chapter 23 - Classification of Living Things

Lecture Enrichment Ideas


1. Discuss how the classical evolutionary concept of taxonomy compares with the methods of systematics and cladistics and which one would be most useful for a taxonomist or for a nonscientist.

2. Discuss the theory of pangenesis and how Darwin would have profited from a knowledge of Mendelian genetics.

3. Discuss the theory of creationism and whether textbooks should include this theory.

4. Discuss how pollution or pandemic viruses might affect human evolution.

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